JUNE 2017

GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROVINCIAL EXAMINATION

JUNE 2017

GRADE 6

NATURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

DISTRICT SCHOOL NAME EMIS NUMBER CLASS (e.g. 6A) SURNAME NAME

GENDER:

BOY

TIME: 1 hour 30 minutes MARKS: 50 11 pages

GIRL

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GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

PROVINCIAL EXAMINATION

NATURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

TIME: 1 hour 30 minutes

MARKS: 50

INSTRUCTIONS 1. Answer ALL the questions. 2. Write neatly and legibly. 3. Read the instructions of each question before answering. 4. All questions must be answered on the question paper.

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CONTENTS OF THE QUESTION PAPER

STRANDS

NATURAL SCIENCES TECHNOLOGY

LIFE & LIVING, MATTER & MATERIALS PROCESSING

The question paper consists of SECTION A, SECTION B and SECTION C.

SECTION A: LOW ORDER QUESTIONS / COGNITIVE LEVEL 1

Q 1 Photosynthesis, Nutrition, Nutrients in food, Food processing, Mixtures, Solutions as special mixtures

Q 2 Nutrients in food, Ecosystems and food webs, Solutions as special mixtures

Q 3 Solids, liquids and gases, Nutrition, Ecosystems and food webs

Q 4 Nutrition, Wetlands, Solutions as special mixtures

Q 5 Solutions as special mixtures Total=25

SECTION B: MIDDLE ORDER QUESTIONS / COGNITIVE LEVELS 2 & 3 Q 6 Ecosystems and food

webs, Process to purify water

Q 7 Solids, liquids and gases

Total=18

SECTION C: HIGH ORDER QUESTIONS / COGNITIVE LEVELS 4,5 & 6 Food processing, Nutrients

Total=7

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SECTION A

QUESTION 1

MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS

Draw a circle around the letter of the correct answer.

1.1 What do we call the process that plants use to make glucose sugar?

A Food chain

B Photosynthesis

C Sunlight energy

D Producers

(1)

1.2 Which food source provides us with good sight and healthy skin?

A Liver

B Eggs

C Oranges and lemons

D Carrots

(1)

1.3 Which mineral makes red blood cells?

A Calcium

B Zinc

C Iron

D Sodium

(1)

1.4 Which method can be used to separate a mixture of peanuts and raisins?

A Hand sorting

B Sieving

C Filtering

D Decanting

(1)

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1.5 Which method uses bacteria or yeast to change or process food?

A Drying B Salting C Fermenting D Pickling

QUESTION 2

TRUE OR FALSE QUESTIONS

Write whether the statements are True or False.

STATEMENTS 2.1 A hypothesis is a statement that is a possible answer to a

question.

2.2 Carbohydrates are food for energy.

2.3 Plants are consumers and they can make their own food.

2.4 Water is a living organism in the river ecosystem.

2.5 Crystallisation is a method used to separate a solution, where the solvent evaporates leaving crystals of the solute behind.

TRUE OR FALSE

5 (1) (5)

(5)

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QUESTION 3

MATCHING ITEMS

Match the statements in Column A with the correct word in Column B. Write the correct LETTER next to the number in Column C.

Example: 3.6 Food used for growth and repairing parts of the body. 3.6 = g (protein)

Column A 3.1 Anything that takes up space and has mass

Column B

Column C

A Decomposers 3.1 =

3.2 Difficulty in passing solid waste out of the body B Solution

3.2 =

3.3 Many food chains that are linked together

C Constipation 3.3 =

3.4 Organisms that break down dead plants and D Matter animals

3.4 =

3.5 A solution in which no more of the solute will dissolve in solvent

E Food web F Saturated

3.5 =

(5)

QUESTION 4

FILLING IN QUESTIONS

Read the statements below and give one word to explain it.

STATEMENTS 4.1 Disease that is caused by a diet that lacks vitamin C

ANSWERS

4.2 A place where a plant or animal lives

4.3 An area covered by shallow water for most of the year

4.4 A dissolved substance changing into solid crystals again

4.5 When a substance cannot dissolve in water to form a solution

(5)

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QUESTION 5 LABELLING STRUCTURES Study the mixture of sugar and water below.

(a)

(b)

(c)

5.1 Label parts A to C. 5.1.1 A ? 5.1.2 B ? 5.1.3 C ?

5.2 Which substance is the solvent in the mixture?

5.3 Which substance is the solute in the mixture?

(3)

(1)

(1) (5)

TOTAL SECTION A:

25

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SECTION B UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY QUESTION 6 DRAWING AND ARRANGING QUESTIONS 6.1 Use arrows to draw and arrange living and non-living things to show how they

depend on each other. Use the following living and non-living things provided in brackets. (Mouse, Grasshopper, Owl, Sun, Grass)

Energy Producer Primary consumer Secondary consumer Tertiary consumer

(5) 6.2 Explain what could happen to the consumers if there are no producers.

(2)

6.3 Which animal from the food chain is a carnivore? (1) (8)

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